I was perusing my film collection and came across "A Long Day's dying". It's a 1968 film with David Hemmings and Tom Bell. Three British paras need to get back to their lines.

Simple but gripping film.

Any other good but forgotten films on a military subject?

"Ice Cold in Alex" would be my pick

I'll add "They Were Not Divided" about the Guards Armoured Division in WWII.

Best line is a RSM seeing a soldier freewheeling on a bike "Never seen such a fing in my life! Riding a by-cycle in a slovenly manner!"

Classic.

Charlie Wilson's War.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/

An absolute cracker.

Hmmm ... from the clip there's more bikinis than I usually expect in a war film, but hey! Life is like a box of chocolates!

Hell in the Pacific or Attack

I remember years ago watching  a Japanese film about a Private second class, it was in B&W and really really good, cant remember the name of it for love nor money

Tora! Tora! Tora!     Or The Last Valley

Mollinary

Go Tell the Spartans.
A Vietnam war film with Burt Lancaster, set in 1964.

Quote from: Fenton on 12 May 2013, 11:49:18 AM
Hell in the Pacific or Attack

I watched "Attack" a few days ago. I always have to team it up with "Hell is for Heroes". Amazing cast - Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Harry Guardano, Bobby Darin and poor Bob Newhart trying to deliver typewriters.

"Hell in the Pacific" got remade as a SF film "Enemy Mine" with Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr.

I'd add to the list "the Bride" - the 1950's version in German. End of WWII. German boys told to defend a bridge that's supposed to be unimportant, just to get them out the way. Remade recently I think. 

Quote from: fsn on 12 May 2013, 01:11:30 PM

I'd add to the list "the Bride" - the 1950's version in German. End of WWII.

"The Bride"?!

Mollinary

Best Forgotten - "The Black Shield of Falworth" - An early Tony Curtis film
Underrated - "Silent Running" - Bruce Dern

Chad

Quote from: mollinary on 12 May 2013, 01:43:27 PM
"The Bride"?!

Mollinary

... or the "Bridge". 

Quote from: Chad on 12 May 2013, 03:14:40 PM
Best Forgotten - "The Black Shield of Falworth" - An early Tony Curtis film

"Yonder stends the cassle of moi fader".

Hi

From some of earlier posts

"Last Valley" mentioned Michael Caine et al in 30years war with script I think by George Macdonal Fraser - excellent and one of the few on the period

Charge of the Light Brigade with David Hemmings and Trevor Howard was brilliant and actually had some link to reality unlike the one with Errol Flynn

Many of the foreign language films are inspiring "Letters from Iwo Jima" directed by Clint Eastwood

"Downfall" last days of Hitler - superb for claustrophobia and sheer admiration for the German adjutant and an amazing performance by the entire group of actors who play the Goebels family.

"Das Boot" even better on the fate of a U-boat

"Battle of Algiers" by Pontecorvo which I believe should be required viewing for anyone involved in the war on Terror even though now nearly 50 years old

"Come & See" on the partisan war on the Eastern Front

Abel Gance's "Napoleon"

For old movies Lew Ayres young German soldier in "all Quiet on the Western front" is still one to beart

Haven't watched "Downfall" from choice. Haven't had an opportunity to see "Come and See".

"The Last Valley" is a forgotten diamond, but I found "Napoleon" at 6 hours (?) I found a bit long for a silent film. All the rest I would put on my list - except the "Charge of the Light Brigade".

I think I was about 7 or 8 when I went to see it. We went as a family to celebrate the return of my colostomy from whence it came. After a spectacular and exciting film we returned home to find my bowels seeping slowly from a reopened wound. For some reason I've avoided the film since then.